Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

φιλόχρυσος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: φιλόχρυσος φιλόχρυσον

Structure: φιλοχρυς (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. fond of gold

Examples

  • οὕτω φιλόχρυσοσ εἶ καὶ φιλόπλουτοσ, ὦ Μίκυλλε, καὶ μόνον τοῦτο ἐξ ἅπαντοσ θαυμάζεισ καὶ ἡγῇ εὔδαιμον εἶναι, πολὺ κεκτῆσθαι χρυσίον; (Lucian, Gallus, (no name) 13:1)
  • ἄξιοί εἰσι τάφων, οἳ σὲ ζῆν εἰάσαν οὕτω, τὸν τῶν οἰχομένων ὑβριστὴν καὶ φιλόχρυσον. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 8, chapter 1953)
  • νεκρῶν καὶ τάδε γ’ ἐστὶ σοφίσματα, ὡσ φιλόχρυσον εὑρ́ωσιν παλάμην, σήματα τοῖα χέειν. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 8, chapter 2003)
  • πάντα φιλοχρύσοισ ἔμβατα· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 8, chapter 2167)
  • ταῦτα φιλοχρύσοισ εὐάδε· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 8, chapter 2212)

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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